The Twins Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DDEE FFGG HHII| There were two brothers John and James | A |
| And when the town went up in flames | A |
| To save the house of James dashed John | B |
| Then turned and lo his own was gone | C |
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| And when the great World War began | D |
| To volunteer John promptly ran | D |
| And while he learned live bombs to lob | E |
| James stayed at home and sneaked his job | E |
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| John came home with a missing limb | F |
| That didn't seem to worry him | F |
| But oh it set his brain awhirl | G |
| To find that James had sneaked his girl | G |
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| Time passed John tried his grief to drown | H |
| To day James owns one half the town | H |
| His army contracts riches yield | I |
| And John Well search the Potter's Field | I |
Robert William Service
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